Cocktails & Popcorn: Her Flatulent Boviness Sheila Jackson Lee & Her Rogue Ass Crew Seem to Be Getting A Bit Messy

Oh, dear!

Her Flatulent Boviness, Sheila Jackson Lee and her compatriots, (a.k.a. Her Rogue Ass Crew), seem to be getting messy.

I wonder why?

Not really.

Democratic staffer accused of doxxing GOP senators denied bail

A former House Democratic staffer accused of posting personal information about a Republican senator online was ordered held without bail Tuesday ahead of his pending trial.

 Jackson Cosko

Federal prosecutors say 27-year-old Jackson Cosko used his work login to post private information about Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, from a computer in a House of Representatives office during the Sept. 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Cosko was working as a staffer for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. He had previously worked with Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and former Sen. Barbara Boxer of California. He also worked or interned with the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Cosko was arrested Oct. 3, one day after a staffer discovered him working on a computer in Hassan's Capitol Hill office, where Cosko was not authorized to be. According to a Capitol Police officer's affidavit, Cosko threatened the staffer who confronted him in an email message in which he threatened to leak emails, information about the health of senators' children and their Social Security numbers.

In denying Cosko bail, U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson said prosecutors had shown that no conditions could ensure the community's safety if the suspect was released.

Cosko has been charged with several federal and local crimes in the District of Columbia, including making public restricted personal information; threatening a witness; unlawfully accessing a government computer and burglary of a senatorial office. He pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday.

A trial date for Cosko has not yet been set.

The purported home addresses and phone numbers of Lee, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Orrin Hatch were posted to their respective Wikipedia page soon after Graham defended Kavanaugh from the allegations against him. The edits were tracked and recorded by a Twitter bot that monitors changes made to Wikipedia entries by anyone located in the U.S. Congress.

Then, this happened...

Prosecutors: More evidence found in apartment of former Hassan staffer accused of 'doxing'

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected any sort of pretrial release for a former congressional staffer accused of posting online the home addresses of Republican senators backing Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson ordered that Jackson Cosko remain in custody pending trial. Prosecutors had argued that Cosko, 27, posed a flight risk. No trial date has been set yet.

Cosko was arrested on Wednesday and charged with illegally accessing the personal information of five U.S. senators, and then posting that information on the senators' Wikipedia pages. He is also charged with threatening a witness who saw him in the act. The charges carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison.

Cosko was formerly employed as a systems administrator in the office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and allegedly used Hassan's computers to access the information.

According to court documents, Cosko fled after he was caught in Hassan's office by a staffer who knew him well. A few minutes later, he allegedly sent a threatening email to the staffer who caught him.

"If you tell anyone I will leak it all," the email read, according to court documents.

Prosecutors said investigators also found cocaine during a search of Cosko’s apartment.

Prosecutors said investigators found cocaine during a search of Jackson Cosko’s home.

According to court documents, police also found a to-do list of ways to hide his alleged crimes, including backing up files, mailing backup files, burning aliases and wiping down computers.

They also found a crumpled note containing a list of planned targets, along with an extensive collection of portable electronic storage devices.

Cosko left Hassan's office in May 2018. A spokesman for Hassan said, "He was asked to resign for failing to follow office procedures. We did not have reason to believe that he posed a risk."

Most recently, Cosko worked as an unpaid intern in the office of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas.

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From Nu Skin With Love: How Child Welfare Fraud Funded Political Campaigns & Human Trafficking

Nu Skin, a Russian corporation, has developed an incredible child welfare fraud scheme, in which it not only generates profit, but also provides gruel to its human commodities in countries where the human trafficking flourishes from the activities of its charitable partners and associates that are pilfering the natural resources and land through war and other forms of intentional civil unrest campaigns.

Child slavery is the new workforce and they must be kept alive, while keeping within a corporation's profit margins like Nestle' and Cargill.

According to Nourish the Children site: 

Nourish the Children (NTC) is an initiative that applies business principles to address the problem of childhood hunger in a sustainable manner. The program begins with a highly nutritious food developed by Nu Skin’s nutritional scientists, known as VitaMeal. The company’s sales leaders, customers and employees can purchase VitaMeal and choose to donate the food to a third-party nonprofit organization that specializes in distributing relief to those suffering from malnutrition and famine. Since 2002, Nu Skin and its sales leaders, customers and employees have donated more than 500 million meals to malnourished children around the world. As is the case with other Nu Skin products, distributors are paid commissions and Nu Skin earns a profit margin from each sale of VitaMeal, which is lower than the profit margin on virtually all of Nu Skin’s other products. 

The following U.S. House and Senate Campaign Candidate Committees accepted campaign contributions from the Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc Political Action Committee which was able to provide these political campaign contributions through its child welfare fraud schemes, one of which is cited, below.

Rumor has it, Nu Skin backdoored the big dark money in bribes, stings, or whatever you wish to call it.

Chaffetz is gone.  The rest need to go, also, because they suck, badly.

I am repulsed.

Rob Bishop For Congress, Utah $2,000

Friends of Mia Love, Utah $2,000

Friends of John Thune, South Dakota $2,50

Friends of Jason Chaffetz, Utah $, 2,300 (Note that this was for the 2018 FEC campaign cycle.  More information can be found, here.)

Friends of Jason Chaffetz, Utah $, 2,700

Friends For Chris Stewart, Inc., Utah $2,000

Friends Of Mike Lee Inc, Utah $5,000

Marsha Blackburn For Congress Inc., Tennessee $2,500

Kirk For Senate,  Illinois $2,500

Jeff Flake For Senate Inc., Arizona $1,500

Skincare products maker Nu Skin settles class action suit

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc will pay $47 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the skincare products maker operated a pyramid scheme in China and made false and misleading statements about its operations in the country.

8-K 1 k8-02222016.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

	February 22, 2016
	Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware		001-12421		87-0565309
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)
	75 West Center Street Provo, Utah 84601
	(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
	(801) 345-1000
	(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
	N/A
	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

□       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

□       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

□	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

□	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

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Class Action Settlement

On February 22, 2016, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Settlement Term Sheet (the "Agreement") in potential settlement of the previously reported putative securities class action consolidated lawsuit captioned In re Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 2:14-cv-00033-JNP-BCW. The litigation was brought against the Company and certain of the Company's officers (collectively, the "Defendants") on behalf of a class consisting of persons or entities that publicly traded the Company's common stock during the period from May 4, 2011 through January 17, 2014 and were allegedly damaged thereby.

The terms of the Agreement provide for, among other things, a settlement payment by or on behalf of the Company of $47 million. The settlement payment is expected to be entirely funded by the Company's insurers, and as a result, the Company does not expect to incur a net charge to its income statement in respect thereof.

The Agreement does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by any of the Defendants, and in connection with the settlement, the parties have agreed to execute mutually agreeable releases. The settlement remains subject to court approval and may be cancelled by the Defendants at their election in certain limited circumstances. Final court approval of the settlement is expected to occur in mid-2016 but could be delayed by circumstances beyond the Company's control. Upon final approval of the settlement by the court, the litigation will be dismissed, with prejudice.

Japan Customs Decision

The Company received notification that, on February 25, 2016, the Tokyo District Court issued its ruling on a dispute between the Company and the customs authorities in Japan ("Japan Customs"). The District Court upheld previous customs assessments related to the importation of several of the Company's products into Japan.

The Company has not yet received a copy of the District Court's formal opinion; however, the Company is disappointed with the court's decision and will consider appealing. As a result of the District Court's decision, the Company plans to take a non-cash charge of approximately $32 million, or approximately $0.36 per share, in the first quarter of 2016, which was not reflected in the Company's previous guidance. This is a non-cash item because the Company was previously required to pay the assessments. This charge represents the full amount disputed for the period of October 2006 through September 2009 in connection with post-importation audits, as well as the disputed portion of our import duties from October 2009 to the present.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that represent the Company's current expectations and beliefs. All statements other than statements of historical fact are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of federal and state securities laws and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our expectations concerning the settlement of the pending class action securities litigation and final court approval of the settlement, the amount and timing of any charge relating to the proposed settlement, the timing and amount of payments to be made under the proposed settlement, the Company's decision whether to appeal the Japan Customs decision and the impact on the Company's results.  In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," "may," "might," the negative of these words and other similar words. The forward-looking statements and related assumptions involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, obtaining court approval of the proposed settlement, the number of plaintiffs who opt-out of the proposed settlement, whether the proposed settlement is appealed, the availability of insurance to cover the proposed settlement, management's determination of the accounting treatment for the developments discussed herein, and the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the first quarter of 2016 and the applicable tax rates. The forward-looking statements set forth the Company's beliefs as of the date that such information was first provided and we assume no duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect any change except as required by law.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/ Ritch N. Wood

Ritch N. Wood
Chief Financial Officer

Date:  February 26, 2016

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Bipartisan, bicameral bill would delay changes to government hacking powers

Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure would expand the government’s ability to search Americans’ computers and other digital devices

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Al Franken (D-Minn.), together with Reps. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas), introduced legislation to provide Congress the time necessary to seriously consider and debate the proposed changes to Rule 41 that would expand the government's ability to search computers and other digital devices. The Review the Rule Act would delay the proposed changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 from going into force until July 1, 2017. Without congressional action, the proposed changes will go into effect on December 1, 2016.

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 governs the procedures and parameters for issuing search warrants.  Under current law, a federal judge may issue a warrant to search property located within a specific judicial district.  At the urging of the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court ultimately approved two sweeping amendments to Rule 41:

       

1.     A judge may issue a warrant to remotely search, copy, and seize information from a device that does not have a known location (and may not be in the district) because the location has been concealed through technological means; and, 

2.       A single judge may issue a warrant to remotely search and copy information from suspected devices across five or more districts.

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives

“I remain deeply concerned about the intended and unintended consequences of the expanded authorities contemplated in the proposed changes to Rule 41,” said John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member. “The bill we offer today will delay implementation until Congress has had a meaningful opportunity to examine the proposal in detail.  Until we have adequately addressed the privacy concerns raised by my colleagues, this rule change should not take effect.”

“The proposed changes are serious, and present significant privacy concerns that warrant careful consideration and debate,” said Senator Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Our bicameral, bipartisan legislation will give Congress time to do our job and carefully consider and evaluate the merits of these proposed changes to the government’s ability to search personal computers and other digital devices. It is essential that these rules strike a careful balance: giving law enforcement the tools it needs to keep us safe, while also protecting Americans’ constitutional rights to privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches.”

“We cannot give the federal government a blank check to infringe on Americans’ civil liberties,” said Senator Daines.“Congress needs the appropriate time to investigate the implications of this rule on Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.”

“A single prosecutor should not have the power to hack into the phone or computer of virtually anyone in the United States,” said Senator Lee, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Yes, federal law enforcement does need new tools to stop and prosecute botnets, but the proposed Rule 41 rule change goes too far. The sensible thing to do is delay the implementation of this rule and allow Congress to investigate further."

“This rule change would give the government unprecedented power to hack into Americans’ personal devices,”Senator Wyden said. “This was an alarming proposition before the election. Today, Congress needs to think long and hard about whether to hand this power to James Comey and the administration of someone who openly said he wants the power to hack his political opponents the same way Russia does.”          

“Government does not have the authority to unilaterally legalize widespread abusive hacking,” said Rep. Poe.  “It is Congress’ responsibility to safeguard the constitutional rights of the people they represent from a power hungry Executive Branch. A delay in the proposed changes to Rule 41 is necessary to ensure that the newly elected Congress, and Administration, have the ability to carefully evaluate this rule change before it goes into effect to ensure that it is constitutional and in the best interests of the American people. Rushing to put the changes in place in the middle of the lame duck session is irresponsible. Too much is at stake to not get this right.”

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Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking

The United States Congress

Lawmakers Seek Answers About How Government Would Use New Hacking Authority, One Month Before Rule 41 Amendments Would Take Effect

Washington, D.C. –A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., and senior Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, led a bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers asking for more information about the proposal, formally known as amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Unless Congress acts, these new amendments are scheduled to go into effect on December 1.

“We are concerned about the full scope of the new authority that would be provided to the Department of Justice,” the lawmakers wrote. “We believe that Congress -- and the American public -- must better understand the Department’s need for the proposed amendments, how the Department intends to use its proposed new powers, and the potential consequences to our digital security before these rules go into effect.”

 The lawmakers ask DOJ a number of questions about how Rule 41 will be used, including:

• The letter was also signed by: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah., Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.

Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking on Rule 41 Letter 10.27.16 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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